Führung und Herrschaft im Alten Testament
Anthropologische Perspektiven
Edited by Katharina Pyschny Edited by Sarah Schulz
Hardback (Forthcoming)
(January 2027)
ISBN: 9783162009265
6.1 x 9.13 inches
Price: $165.00
What makes individuals leaders in the Old Testament? The contributors to this volume bring together anthropology and leadership studies in eleven essays exploring how bodies, rituals, and social relationships shape the portrayal of leadership figures.
The contributors to this volume explore the intersections of anthropology and leadership in the Old Testament and advance the thesis that Old Testament conceptions of leadership can only be adequately understood when the anthropological assumptions underlying them are considered. Leaders are portrayed not merely as distinguished by social status, but as embodied social beings whose authority is constructed and reflected through bodies, rituals, relationships, and communicative practices.
Methodologically, this volume combines synchronic and diachronic exegesis with perspectives drawn from the history of religion, archaeology, iconography, and the cultural and social sciences. Geographically, its focus lies on Israel and Judah within the context of ancient Egypt, the Ancient Near East, and the ancient Mediterranean world, including Greece; chronologically, it addresses the literatures and cultures of the first millennium BCE. Theoretically, it engages with historical and theological anthropology as well as concepts of embodiment, sociality, and authority.
The analysis demonstrates that claims to leadership in the Old Testament are rooted in various spheres of experience within ancient societies, particularly the family, the state, cultic life, and law. Embodied and social spheres emerge as central analytical categories: bodily performances, clothing, rituals, prophetic practices, familial structures, representation, and both verbal and nonverbal communication shape the portrayal of leadership. For the first time, the contributors bring together Old Testament leadership studies and anthropology, opening new avenues for exegesis, the study of religion, ancient studies, and the cultural and social sciences.
Katharina Pyschny & Sarah Schulz: Vorwort
Teil 1: Leibsphäre - Körperinszenierungen und -praktiken
Andreas Wagner: Verkörperte Führung: Perspektiven auf Körper und Führung im Alten Testament - Kathrin Gies: Loner oder Leader? Stärke ohne Macht? Simson, Retter Israels (Ri 13-16) - Sarah Schulz: Der erweiterte Körper. Körpernahe Objekte als Medien von Identität und Handlungsmacht im Alten Testament - Nathan MacDonald: Kleidung als Symbol für die zwölf Stämme Israels - Ruth Ebach: „Sie torkeln vom Rauschgetränk und schwanken beim Sehen". Prophetie in Rausch und Ekstase als Komponente politischer Entscheidungsfindung
Teil 2: Sozialsphäre - Sozialität und Relationalität
Bernd Janowski: „Augen war ich für den Blinden" (Ijob 29,15). Anthropologische und soziale Aspekte alttestamentlicher Führungskonzepte - Katharina Pyschny: Führung und soziale Beziehungen: Ikonographische Perspektiven auf Führung und Relationalität - Maria Häusl: Führung als Familienangelegenheit. Zur Bedeutung familiärer Beziehungen von Führungspersönlichkeiten - Søren Lorenzen: Nehemiah, the Leader: Post-Exilic Leadership Styles and Their Societal Reverberations - Kathrin Liess: Alter und Führung. Zur Darstellung alter Führungspersönlichkeiten im Alten Testament - Andreas Schüle: Realität und Idealität. Messianische Erwartungen im Jesajabuch
Katharina Pyschny (Herausgegeben von)
Born 1984; 2007 BA; 2009 Diplom; 2015 PhD from the University of Bochum, Germany; Professor of Old Testament Studies at the University of Graz, Austria.
Sarah Schulz (Herausgegeben von)
Born 1982; 2015 Doctorate at Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen; 2022 Habilitation; Professor of Old Testament at Georg August University of Göttingen.
- Edited by Katharina Pyschny
- Edited by Sarah Schulz
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